Mrs. President

Dear Mrs. Hillary Clinton,

I heard you speak on NPR this morning about the intense primary that grabs my attention every day. You said that this primary is all about electing someone who can beat John McCain, referring to yourself as the best candidate to do so.

I think that exemplifies how my feelings for you have changed throughout this campaign. For you, it's all about winning.

Before this campaign, I could not wait for you to run for president. When I watched you debate for the first time during your race for the NY senate, I thought to myself, this is the most articulate woman... politician... person I have ever heard. I have agreed with you when it comes to the issues. I have always thought you would make an excellent president. I have felt that I would be indescribably proud as an American to have you as my leader.

But I differ from you on something that is at the center of your campaign. It is NOT all about winning. And I am not an idealist. I still wish we could reverse time and persuade all the Ralph Nader supporters to have united with the rest of the Democrats in the 2000 election. I have turned to a candidate that is not necessarily perfect to me - no politician is. But he stands behind unity. He brings people together. And above all, he does not stoop to the level of the current administration in order to win. He does not use fear as a way to build support.

To me, you are beginning to look like the pigs in George Orwell's Animal Farm. If you are elected as the Democratic nominee and you do beat John McCain, will we really have won anything? Or will we have resided to not beating them and choosing to join them?

I will vote for you if you are elected the Democratic nominee. I do believe in lesser evils. But I will vote for you without excitement, pleasure or even a smile on my face. And maybe that's what counts for you - the ballot, not the person behind it.

I do hope that you can find the integrity that you lost somewhere along this campaign road and clean things up. I am certain that if you are elected as our nominee that there will not be as many pity votes as the one I would give you as it would take to win the presidency.